Lin Yuan pointed to a few bumps on the slipway under the warship and said, "See those things, they are slip stoppers, that is, they have stuck the launching bracket under the warship." Lin Yuan said and smiled, pointed to Queen Victoria and said: "Seeing the Queen, this slip stop is not only related to the Queen, but also creates the most exciting moment in the entire launching process." ”

Shen Wanqing asked curiously, "The most exciting moment?" What else does it have to do with the Queen? What the hell is going on? ”

Lin Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, "Soon you will understand." Just when Shen Wanqing was puzzled, Prime Minister Cecil said: "Next, please ask Her Majesty the Queen to start the boat!" ”

Can the queen drive a warship alone? Everyone looked at Queen Victoria curiously, only to see a squire leading the queen to a high platform, and a squire next to her took an axe and handed it to Queen Victoria, and then pointed to a hemp rope in front of the queen, and the queen nodded, raised the axe in her hand, and waved it at everyone.

At this time, the workers on the slide have gone to both sides, they saw the queen wielding the axe, they all applauded, the queen raised the axe high, aimed at the hemp rope in front of her, and cut it hard, only to hear a "bang", the hemp rope was broken under the axe, and then they heard a series of "bang bang" sounds, only to see the behemoth on the slide, actually moved slowly.

Lin Yuan pointed to the dreadnought that was slowly sliding, and said excitedly: "Look, the warship has begun to glide into the water!" ”

Shen Wanqing asked in surprise, "What's going on?" The queen cut a hemp rope and the warship started? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The hemp rope is connected to a series of lever mechanisms, when the hemp rope is broken, the lever mechanisms fall down in turn, making the 'bang bang' sound we just heard, and the most important function of the lever mechanism is to release the slip stop, so that the warship will slide up." ”

Shen Wanqing let out an exclamation of "wow", at this time the dreadnought was on the inclined slipway, which was equivalent to a falling body on an inclined plane, and the acceleration of its fall had nothing to do with its own weight, but only related to the inclination angle of the inclined plane and the surface friction coefficient, but because the mass of the dreadnought was quite large, up to more than 10,000 tons under no-load conditions, the inclined plane did not dare to be set too steep to prevent the dreadnought from rushing down too fast.

The dreadnought slowly glided towards the mouth of the sea under the eyes of everyone, and at this time, an old man appeared in front of everyone, holding a bottle in his hand, and threw it at the gliding dreadnought, only to hear a "bang", the bottle was smashed by the steel-clad hull, and a lot of water-like things were sprayed out of the bottle.

With the bottle broken, everyone let out another burst of cheers, Shen Wanqing looked at Lin Yuan with inquiring eyes, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "That old man must be the chief designer of this warship, or the chief engineer, that bottle is champagne, this is a custom in Western countries, when the new ship is launched, a bottle of champagne is smashed on the hull, if the champagne bottle is broken, the ship will not sink." ”

Shen Wanqing nodded, watched the dreadnought glide forward for more than ten meters, and suddenly let out a long yawn and said, "Is it just dry and slippery?" It's so boring, I'm sleepy to watch. ”

Lin Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, "How can you be bored? It's interesting. Lin Yuan met Shen Wanqing's confused eyes, pointed to the workers on the edge of the slide in the distance, and then handed over the binoculars prepared for ministers from various countries on the viewing platform, and said with a smile: "Look carefully at the expressions of those workers. ”

Shen Wanqing took the binoculars and muttered to herself, "What is there to see." Lin Yuan said on the side: "See, are they all solemn?" ”

"Yes! What's wrong? Shen Wanqing replied while watching, Lin Yuan said with a smile: "That's because in the process of being like water, it is easy to have all kinds of problems, and now it is still in the taxiing stage on the slipway, and the problem that is easy to occur is that the amount of lubricating oil applied on the slideway is not enough, and the warship stops when it is halfway through the slide." ”

"When the tail of the warship slides into the water, something interesting may happen: the tail is like water, and the water has a buoyant force on the ship, and the buoyancy pushes the ship upward, and the bow of the ship will be pressed down, and the load at that moment is quite large, and if their head bracket is not well designed, or there is a problem when it is manufactured, then it will 'click' and shatter under the weight, and that scene is quite spectacular."

Shen Wanqing smiled: "It turns out that what you said is wonderful is waiting for them to have an accident!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled evilly: "Otherwise? This is not our warship, what is there to see! When most of the stern is in the water, there is a possibility that something more interesting will happen, the bow will be smashed into the water at the moment of entry, and the draft is actually two or three times the normal draft of the bow. If they had been poorly designed, the bow would have slammed into the end of the slipway, which would have been even more beautiful! ”

Shen Wanqing nodded and said, "According to what you say, the process of launching into the water is actually quite worth watching......" As she spoke, the stern of the dreadnought had already entered the water, and she only heard the bow bracket make a "click" sound, Shen Wanqing immediately became excited, and just when she was expecting to see the first bracket shattered, the boat slid into the water unharmed.

After a while, most of the stern of the ship entered the water, and the bow of the ship sank sharply in the eyes of everyone, and the ministers of various countries exclaimed, but among the people, only Lin Yuan knew the doorway, he was waiting for the sound of collision to come, but when the bow stopped, nothing happened.

Shen Wanqing gently slapped Lin Yuan, and said coquettishly: "You can actually lie to people, those interesting things you said didn't happen at all!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, didn't the boat enter the water?" There are also good things here, the mass of the warship is very large, so the kinetic energy is large, in the water will generally rush forward for a long time before stopping, this distance will be two to three times the length of the warship on one side, I visually measured the length of this dreadnought is about 180 meters, so, it will rush forward in the water more than 500 meters, maybe it will hit the protective door of the estuary, and the scene will be spectacular at that time......"

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing were talking on the side, and Gilles on the side watched their every move, Gilles turned his head, called the deputy next to him, pointed at Shen Wanqing with his finger, and said, "Look at that woman, do you know?" ”

The deputy said, "Isn't that the reporter from Lin Yuan's mission?" ”

Giles whispered, "This reporter's identity is not ordinary, isn't it?" You look at the appearance of her and Lin Yuan, they are very intimate, I think this woman is most likely Lin Yuan's mistress! ”

The deputy thought for a while and said, "These two are indeed very close and often together, do you want to ......?"

Giles said: "The Chinese have a good saying, the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, keep an eye on this woman, and when it comes to a critical moment, she will become a trump card in our hands!" ”

The deputy nodded, and Gilles continued: "She's just a female reporter, she definitely won't have any great skills, and it shouldn't be difficult to deal with!" ”